GODWIT


Meaning of GODWIT in English

/god"wit/ , n.

any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) , having a long bill that curves upward slightly.

[ 1545-55; of obscure orig. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .